How could the UN climate talks in Paris next month ratchet up the national plans (INDCs) and succeed in limiting global warming? Drew Jones of Climate Interactive presents scenarios from the C-ROADS simulation and explores how far these contributions get us, and what more is needed to keep warming to within 2° Celsius (3.6°F) of temperature […]

For Immediate Release – Contacts: Paige Knappenberger, pknappenberger@climatenexus.org, (602) 549 0344 and Jennifer Haskell, jhaskell@climateinteractive.org, (703) 231-1835 Offers for Paris Climate Talks Would Reduce Warming by 1°C Warming could be reduced from 4.5˚C to 3.5˚C under INDCs submitted to date The current national offers of climate action submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on […]

By Jack Williams. Cross-posted from Climate-KIC ‘And now it’s YOUR turn, the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet … is now. I beg you to face it with courage. And honesty. Thank you.’ These were the final words uttered by Leonardo DiCaprio in 2014 when he called for the United […]

Since our January launch of The Climate Leader—a series of eleven video lessons on using systems thinking to make a difference on climate change—thousands have participated in the series and more are signing-up every day (you can enroll too). We’ve gotten tons of great feedback about the course. And participants have followed along from all over the […]

New commitments from China and the US could keep a significant 640 gigatons of CO2 out of the atmosphere Today the world’s attention is turning to the announcement of new climate commitments by the US and China. Using our global climate simulation C-ROADS, we have calculated the impact of the new commitments on the climate. […]

Climate Interactive and the Dalai Lama: “Shouting, Shouting”. His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently participated in a dialogue at MIT on the challenge of responding to climate change. In this video excerpt, MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman, together with the Dalai Lama and audience, creates a climate success scenario using the C-ROADS interactive simulation […]

Cross-posted from Grist.org We all just love a story where the suspense builds and builds, the whole tale teeters on the brink of disaster — but then, just in time, the hero or heroine saves the day. And it’s no different with climate change. As we watch this slow-motion catastrophe unfurl, we hold out […]

Climate Interactive co-director Drew Jones presented results from the En-ROADS simulation to an audience at the Smithsonian Institution, at the National Museum of Natural History. Along with Bethany Patten of MIT Sloan School of Management, Drew had ten minutes to see if the audience’s ideas for addressing climate change were sufficient. See how they did in the video below: […]

Climate Interactive placed 12th among 210 climate change economics and policy think tanks around the world, and 4th best in the United States, according to the International Center for Climate Governance. As a staff of only nine, we share this accolade with our partners, from funders to project collaborators. So many good, dedicated people have contributed to our successes. […]

The possibilities are expansive for young leaders to imagine the future they’d like to see, as they use systems thinking and simulations, like En-ROADS and C-ROADS. Here are some of the highlights of our work in this arena: Stanford graduate students compete to come up with a global energy transition plan. (3 min) MIT Professor John […]